Brian Eckert

Writer. Wanderer. Dreamer. Skeptic. Man.

Longest Day of The Rest of Your Life

The First Day of Summer is the
Anniversary of the day God
emptied all the prisons and the schools and let all
Hell break loose.

Who goes there, in the brown shoes?
Who goes there, in your black boots?
Who goes there now, Brown Cow?

I used to dream of long summer days and freedom.
Now the only freedom I know is in
nostalgia.

We carry on as half-light
growing steadily more fearful
not only of Death
but of Life.

Corn Flakes

Fear
Paranoia
I can smell it
taste it in the residue of my food
see it in the gentle tugging of Botoxed eye lines

The paupers resent what the clowns lament
No one saw this coming except everyone
and now they laugh
blame it on the weather
the age of aquarius
a dead cat
a dead god

As above
So what?

As below
So long.

Desert Bloom

Grand Staircase – Buckskin Gulch

Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument

Shootin’ Hoops

Las Vegas – Wetlands Park

Red Cliffs Desert Preserve

Snow Canyon

Deschutes River – Bend, Oregon